Szlaki województw śląskiego i opolskiego

Reńska Wieś is the seat of the rural municipality of the same name, which lies in the Kędzierzyn-Koźle district. It lies in the area of historical Upper Silesia. The settlement – as Villa Rynensis – was first mentioned at the end of the 13th century in the context of colonists coming from the Rhineland. In the first half of the 17th century, the grange in Reńska Wieś was in the possession of the cashier of the Koźle estates and the creator of Baroque emblematic poetry, Jakob Bruck von Angermundt. From February to July 1807, Reńska Wieś was the arena of the siege of the Koźle Fortress by the Napoleonic troops of General Deroy. At the local cemetery, there is the grave of the Bavarian artillery commander Major Sales Kajetan Graf von Spreti, who died on the foreground of Reńska Wieś during artillery fire on February 6, 1807. From 1824, the manor and estate in Reńska Wieś were in the possession of the Wünsche family, which started a brewery there operating until the end of World War II. In the second half of the 19th century, a sugar factory was also established, which was powered by steam engines. During World War II, over 200 residents of Reńska Wieś died, and over 60 civilians became victims of the Red Army, which entered the village on March 19, 1945. Reńska Wieś found itself within the borders of the Polish state after the end of World War II.